---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harford County – Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs"
description: "Harford County – Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Maryland HB 685 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bhandari", "Impallaria", "Johnson", "Lisanti", "Szeliga"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ee40616-82c2-4533-8629-232a79698cc9"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0685?ys=2020RS&search=True"
source_hash: "281e3472280bcf9a3a42896fbc9fd2f72b6570f036f08c89c19bb682a8335271"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 685 (2020) — Harford County – Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Harford County – Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Chapters_noln/CH_303_hb0685t.pdf)
2. **First - Workers' Compensation - Permanent Partial Disability - Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0685f.pdf)
3. **Third - Harford County – Workers’ Compensation – Permanent Partial Disability – Detention and Correctional Officers and Deputy Sheriffs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0685t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **134–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Impallaria — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lisanti — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-30** First Reading Economic Matters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2020-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-14** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-15** Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Second Reading Passed
- **2020-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Returned Passed
- **2020-05-08** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 303 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ee40616-82c2-4533-8629-232a79698cc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).